International Workers and Amateurs in Sports Confederation

The relevance of the CSIT sport policy is growing with importance, especially when commercialization and the lack of facilities and economic resources are reducing sports participation to passive entertainment for the vast majority of people. The CSIT is an organization, which aims at promoting and broadening workers' and amateurs' sport activities and thus developing into a world-wide movement. All activities pursue aspirations for democracy, solidarity and improvement of the quality of life through sport. The movement should encompass all sports federations and hence it would be possible to provide better opportunities for varied physical exercise for all citizens.

As stated above the CSIT stands for promotion of tolerance, respect, fair play, friendship, intercultural dialogue and integration through sport. A “Zero Tolerance” - Policy towards violence, fanatic behaviour and racism is pursued accurately.

As listed the fields of the CSIT activities are as follows:

• Sports Championships from young to seniors The championships are not games for professional top athletes, but for all workers and amateurs from different countries and cultures all over the world. Not only organizing competitions is in the foreground, but also organizing a huge festival with the objective of gathering sports friends as a worldwide family to advance the making of lifelong friendships, the exchange of information and experiences.
• Sports for All Activities: Sports for Elderly People (Seniors 55+) The task is to organize events also for elderly ones by gathering them to the following experiences: to practice and discovery of specific sports and physical activities, the exchange of training programs and knowledge relating to these and the exchange about culture, tourism and way of life of each country.
• Young Leaders Platform The purpose of the Younger Leaders Platform is to share projects, events and camps, diffuse ideas and innovations, give information about different organizations, strengthen networks and ways of collaboration, learn to know better each other and develop a mutual support by sharing the expertise.

The achievement of the following aims is the most important task of the CSIT:

• to bring together workers and amateur sports organizations of the entire world and to promote the foundation of new organizations,
• to co-operate with international organizations with the same goals and values,
• to support member organizations with their tasks and activities in all the fields of sport and physical culture, also through agreements with international organizations and authorities,
• to promote all activities that aim to improve the practice of sports by human beings of two sexes considering their age and their physical aptitudes in order to protect and improve their health;
• to achieve the aims by respecting the amateur status of athletes, the values of amateurism and the educational values of sport,
• to encourage to practice sport and physical activity in nature while considering the protection of the environment,
• to use sport as a means to promote peace and mutual understanding among people and to contribute to development of the world of social associations at any level,
• to sustain cultural advancement and to improve health including psychophysical conditions of the member unions as well as its individual members.

The objectives of the CSIT are conducted in praxis by clearly defined pillars. They are the CSIT World Sports Games, the CSIT Single Championships, the International Tournaments, the International Festivals, the Sport for All-activities, the International Projects and the Health, Recreation and Fitness Activities.

The CSIT has the following members:[1]

Country	Member	Membership
Algeria	Federation Algerienne Sport et Travail	Full or associate
Americas	Confederação Pan-Americana de Desporto do Trabalhador	(Sub)-continental
Angola	Union Nationale des Travailleurs Angolais	Full or associate
Austria	Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sport und Körperkultur in Österreich	Full or associate
Belgium	Association Francophone du Sport Travailliste Belge	Full or associate
	FROS Multisport Vlaanderen vzw	Full or associate
	Vlaamse Vechtsport Associatie	Candidate
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Workers' Federation "Sport and Health"	Full or associate
Cameroon	Association Sportive Travailliste du Cameroun	Candidate
China	China Workers' Center for International Exchanges	Full or associate
Croatia	Health Life Academy	Candidate
Cyprus	Pancyprian Worker's Sport Club of Cyprus	Full or associate
Denmark	Dansk Arbejder Idraetsforbund	Full or associate
Estonia	Estonian Sports Association 'Jõud'	Full or associate
	Estonian Sports Association Kalev	Full or associate
Finland	Suomen Työväen Urheiluliitto	Full or associate
France	Fédération française du sport travailliste	Full or associate
	Fédération sportive et gymnique du travail	Full or associate
Germany	Rad- und Kraftfahrerbund "Solidarität" Deutschland 1896 e.V.	Full or associate
India	Worker Sport Federation of India	Candidate
Iran	Federation of Amateur & Workers Sports of Iran	Full or associate
Iraq	Iraqi Companies Sport Federation	Candidate
Ireland	Athletic Association of Ireland	Full or associate
Israel	Hapoel Sport Association	Full or associate
Italy	Associazione di Cultura Sport e Tempo Libero	Full or associate
	Associazione Italiana Cultura Sport	Full or associate
	Centro Nazionale Sportivo Libertas	Candidate
	Centro Sportivo Educativo Nationale	Candidate
Kosovo	Kosova Workers Sports Federation	Candidate
Latvia	Latvian Sport for All Association	Full or associate
Lithuania	Lithuanian Sports Society "ZALGIRIS"	Full or associate
Malta	Malta Sports For All	Candidate
Mexico	Instituto del Deporte de los Trabajadores	Full or associate
Netherlands	Nederland Culturelle Sportbond	Full or associate
Portugal	Fundação INATEL	Full or associate
Russia	Russian Sport Association "Atom-sport"	Full or associate
Slovenia	Union of Amateur and Workers Sports of Slovenia	Full or associate
South Korea	Korea Office Worker Sports Committee	Candidate
Spain	Unió de Consells Esportius de Catalunya	Full or associate
Switzerland	Schweizerischer Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportverband	Full or associate
	FederSwiss - Sport for all	Candidate
Tunisia	Organisation Nationale Culture Sport et Travail	Full or associate
	Fédération Tunisienne Sport et Travail	Candidate
Turkey	Turkish Sports for All Federation	Full or associate

• International Olympic Committee
• SportAccord
• International Council of Sport and Physical Education
• European Fair Play Movement
• International Sport and Culture Association
• World Anti-Doping Agency
• The Association for International Sport for All
• Fédération Internationale Catholique Education Physique et Sportive
• International Academy of Sport Science and Technology
• International Working Group on Women and Sport
• The International Federation of Sports Chiropractic
• Panathlon International
• European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation

The "World Sports Games" are the main highlight and a new Brand of the CSIT. It is a unique major sports event for thousands of workers and amateurs every two years where the incomparable "Spirit of CSIT" can be experienced. This experience started in 2008. The CSIT World Sports Games are the successor major sports events of the International Workers' Olympiads.

Edition	Year	City	Country
1 [2]	2008	Rimini	Italy
2 [3]	2010	Tallinn	Estonia
3 [4]	2013	Varna	Bulgaria
4 [5]	2015	Lignano	Italy
5 [6]	2017	Rīga	Latvia
6 [7]	2019	Tortosa	Spain

2017 Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	158	127	86	371
2	Netherlands	76	72	62	210
3	Russia	44	9	4	57
4	Israel	36	44	38	118
5	Brazil	27	42	31	100
6	Iran	26	9	10	45
7	Finland	24	25	38	87
8	France	20	35	34	89
9	Mexico	19	11	13	43
10	Italy	17	12	9	38
11	Belgium	17	3	2	22
12	Latvia	13	26	27	66
13	Ireland	10	3	5	18
14	Belgium	2	7	10	19
15	Bulgaria	2	3	0	5
16	Switzerland	2	2	3	7
17	Slovenia	2	0	0	2
	Tunisia	2	0	0	2
19	France	1	4	1	6
20	Portugal	1	0	4	5
21	Estonia	1	0	0	1
22	Estonia	0	4	3	7
23	Spain	0	3	2	5
24	Great Britain	0	2	1	3
25	Denmark	0	1	2	3
26	Cyprus	0	1	1	2
27	Algeria	0	1	0	1
	Benin	0	1	0	1
29	France	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 nations)		500	447	388	1335

• some of country have more than one team.

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